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Duodenal Angiomyolipoma
Povo, Ana; Interna Complementar Cirurgia Geral – Departamento de Cirurgia Geral, Hospital Pedro Hispano – ULS Matosinhos, PortugalAngiomyolipoma is a rare benign mesenchymal tumor. Usually located in the kidney, with an incidence of 0.3-3%. Extra-renal angiomyolipomas are extremely rare, with not much more than fifty cases having been described. We report a case of a healthy 50 year-old man, who presented with episodes of melena. Routine blood tests showed a hypochromic and microcytic anemia. An endoscopy showed an extrinsic lesion compre...
Whipple's disease--a challenging diagnosis.
Carneiro, Ana C; Lima, Palmira; Barbosa, Isabel P; Chaves, F CarneiroWhipple's Disease is a rare multisystemic disease caused by Gram-positive bacillus, Tropheryma whippelii, family of Actinobacterias and group of Actinomycetes. Because the disease is rare and has different forms of presentation the diagnosis comes frequently late. The authors present the case of a white man, 50 years old, admitted with a clinical picture characterized by weight loss, abdominal pain, ascites, di...
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